The correlates and consequences of drug involvement among youths entering a Juvenile justice diversion program

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-36

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Wareham, Jennifer ^a   Poythress, Norman ^a   Cook, Brittany ^a   Schmeidler, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use and related problems among diversion program youths; Juvenile offender drug use and its effects; Juvenile offender psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745444597     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v15n04_01     Document Type: Article

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